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Chapter 102 Beast Tide 4
"Senior Brother Anqi, Senior Brother Anqi, are you there?"
Chang Yue looked around and then put her junior brother, whom she was carrying on her shoulder, down on the ground. Qin Che was on the ground, groaning in pain, looking quite miserable!
"Coming, coming, stop calling!"
An Qi walked out from the back hall and looked at Qin Che on the ground, whose body could barely be identified as a human. He couldn't help but gasp.
"Help! Senior Brother An Qi, save me!" Qin Che saw An Qi come out and felt like he had seen a savior.
An Qi carefully examined Qin Che: "He's fine, just superficial injuries! A little pain from the skin! Junior Sister Chang, you hit harder than usual this time, what did Junior Brother Qin do to you this time?"
He was somewhat used to it and took out a bottle of pills from his pocket.
The next second, Chang Yue snatched it away: "Junior Brother has thick skin and doesn't need such precious pills."
Qin Che's pupils dilated in shock as he looked at his second senior sister. "Are you sure?" He felt like he was dying from the pain; it seemed he had really angered his second senior sister! Ugh! He would never dare to do it again.
The commotion was quite loud, and everyone in the alchemy room, except those who were currently refining pills, rushed out to see what was going on.
Qin Che's eyes lit up as he looked at Cheng Jiu in the crowd: "Junior Grandmaster Uncle, help!"
Cheng Jiu was about to step forward, but Chang Yue's gaze forced her back. "Sorry, Senior Brother Qin," she thought, "there's nothing I can do." Of course, it wasn't impossible that Cheng Jiu was also looking on for amusement.
Seeing that his only straw was gone, Qin Che collapsed to the ground, utterly dejected, awaiting his fate. If he could turn back time, he would never have been so quick-witted; who could have imagined that his senior sister would actually take action!
In his memory, although his senior sister was highly skilled in martial arts and had a fiery temper, she was still gentle and kind to her junior brother. At least before, she was all talk and no action.
An Qi, whose junior brothers and sisters immediately saw through Chang Yue's thoughts, said, "I have another bottle of ointment here. Apply it to him and he'll be fine in a couple of days. However, this will only relieve the pain."
"This is it, Senior Brother Anqi!" Chang Yue's eyes lit up and she immediately placed the order.
Generally speaking, plasters are relatively cooling, but for Qin Che, who was already in excruciating pain, it was like adding fuel to the fire, causing him to writhe in agony like a struggling maggot.
An Qi's movements were gentle yet firm, and for a moment, Qin Che's pig-like screams could be heard throughout the entire hall.
After the ointment was applied, Anqi wrapped him up tightly with bandages, just like a mummy.
Considering that his junior sister was also watching, An Qi did not take off his clothes, but simply wiped his face with the lotion.
That's terrible. He was a pretty good-looking young man, but now his face is bruised and swollen, and even his parents don't recognize him.
After applying the medicine, she said, "Junior Sister, you really went too far this time! Even if Junior Brother Qin angered you, a scolding or two would have been enough."
Although Anqi knew it wasn't something he should say, he couldn't help himself; in his eyes, he had gone too far.
"I didn't expect him not to dodge! I was so angry at the time, it was my fault, I'm sorry, junior brother."
When Chang Yue mentioned this, a guilty look flashed in her eyes, like a child who had done something wrong.
The main reason was that she didn't expect her junior brother to not dodge at all. He used to be like a monkey, jumping around and impossible to catch, but now he's so well-behaved.
Qin Che stared wide-eyed as he listened to Chang Yue's explanation: "Mmmmmmmmmmm!"
"What is he saying?" Chang Yue asked instinctively after hearing Qin Che's response.
"He seems to be saying that he didn't expect you to be so ruthless!" I didn't expect Senior Brother Anqi to actually be able to figure it out.
"Well!"
"Who would have thought you wouldn't dodge?" Chang Yue replied, "Junior brother, there's no point in dwelling on it anymore. Stay with Senior Brother An Qi for the next few days. Once you've recovered, remember to take Junior Brother Huo Yan to the battlefield."
After hearing this, Qin Che lay on the ground with a look of utter despair.
"Alright, stop acting like this. Just say whatever else you want to say." Chang Yue couldn't stand Qin Che's attitude; it made it seem like she had wronged him.
An excited glint flashed in Qin Che's eyes: "Mmm..."
Chang Yue turned her attention to An Qi, the humanoid translator.
An Qi coughed twice: "Junior brother, can you please not hit me when you're angry in the future? Or can you please not get angry in the future?"
"..." Chang Yue rolled her eyes. Sure enough, he was still the same. She tossed the pill in her hand to An Qi and said, "Please take good care of Junior Brother An Qi. I have something to do, so I'll take my leave first."
“Okay!” Anqi agreed.
"Ugh! Ugh!" Qin Che twisted his body, as if he was calling out something.
"Alright, stop shouting! Junior Sister Chang Yue is clearly refusing." An Qi then directed two disciples from the Medicine Peak to lift Qin Che up: "Junior Sister Chang Yue has already said that you can't use pills. You'll stay with me for the next two days."
Qin Che's pupils dilated violently. He struggled desperately, but found himself unable to break free. In the end, he could only resign himself to being carried into the inner room by two disciples.
"Everyone, have you finished watching the show? Why aren't you going back to refining pills?" An Qi said, dismissing the disciples who had come to watch the spectacle.
The disciples of Medicine Peak were discussing with great interest what Qin Che had done to offend Senior Sister Chang Yue.
Cheng Jiu sighed. She now understood why Nan Xingze told Huo Yan to wait two days. Given the situation, it was indeed necessary to wait two days.
Could it be that Nan Xingze had already guessed back then that his senior brother was terrifyingly powerful?
The next day, Huo Yan arrived at Medicine Peak. With someone taking care of Qin Che, An Qi breathed a sigh of relief, mainly because Qin Che was being too unruly, and he was finding it difficult to handle him.
Why didn't Qin Che want to live with An Qi? Because in his eyes, An Qi, the senior brother who took out that ointment, was also a devil.
However, upon actual contact, it was discovered that the other person was someone who disliked trouble and had a very good temperament.
Qin Che is the kind of person who takes advantage of others' kindness, and even though he's recovering from his illness, he's still causing a lot of trouble.
Upon seeing Huo Yan approach, Senior Brother An Qi eagerly handed the ointment to Huo Yan and then kicked the two of them out of Medicine Peak.
Qin Che leaned on Huo Yan's shoulder: "Senior Brother An Qi, that's too stingy!"
On the other side, Anqi looked at his messy bed and sighed wearily.
I felt sorry for myself for a while. Sure enough, every peak has a few unpleasant ones.
After a quick tidying up, he went to handle official business. Because of Qin Che's commotion last night, there was a lot of unfinished official business piled up on his desk.
He hadn't had a break in a long time because of the beast tide, but he'd gotten used to it.
Because the beast tide hasn't come, he rarely gets a chance to rest.
His master was old and didn't manage things much, so most of the internal affairs fell on him, the newly promoted eldest disciple. In addition to handling these miscellaneous tasks, he also had to improve his alchemy skills and increase his strength.
Occasionally, he would have negative feelings and want to give up. This is such a tiring job, and even after he becomes the peak master, he will still have to continue and take over it head-on. There is no future for him to rest.
Perhaps that's why the previous senior brother refused to accept Yao Feng no matter what.
After the negative emotions subsided, his strong sense of responsibility ultimately helped him persevere.
Although the Heavenly Mystery Sect had foreseen this from the beginning, and the cultivation world had made preparations, no one expected the beast tide to come so fiercely, far exceeding everyone's expectations.
Almost every city was besieged by the beast tide. In addition to the beast tide that formed on land, the beast tide in the Cloud Soaring Sect Sea also arrived ahead of schedule. This time, it affected almost the entire cultivation world.
The situation is alright within the five major sects, since the disciples they send out are mostly at the Nascent Soul or Spirit Transformation stage.
These are Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation stage disciples from the five major sects. In the eyes of other forces, these disciples are all capable of fighting beyond their level.
The initial beast tide consisted mostly of low-level monsters. Although the area was larger and the defense was more difficult, we managed to get through the first wave of beast tide quite steadily.
But everyone knows that this is just an appetizer; the real main course is those high-level demonic beasts!
Medicine Peak was also extremely busy. Cheng Jiu single-handedly took on most of the tasks related to producing sixth- and seventh-grade pills, which greatly alleviated the pressure of insufficient personnel at Medicine Peak.
To reiterate, although Guiyuan Sect's Medicine Peak is already considered one of the top alchemy forces in the cultivation world.
However, it was still somewhat difficult for him to support the high-intensity consumption of pills by nearly 10 disciples on his own, especially since some cities had a very high demand for pills.
Although a lot of pills were purchased at the beginning of the battle in Medicine King Valley, the pills consumed every day, every hour, and every second of the battle amounted to days.
When the second wave of beasts arrived, Medicine Peak had many more wounded. These disciples were mostly from Body Peak and Sword Peak, and those sent from the front line were mostly seriously injured and on the verge of death.
They either had half their bodies bitten off, or were left with only half a body, barely managing to survive.
These people might survive, but there have already been casualties on the front lines.
The second wave of beasts was unexpectedly ferocious.
"Help! Help!" A woman carrying a boy ran into Medicine Peak: "Senior Brother, help!"
"What's wrong? I'm here!" An Qi rushed over immediately upon hearing the news.
Cheng Jiu recognized the voice and went outside after finishing refining a batch of pills.
Then I saw Mao Hongsheng, who was seriously injured and unconscious.
Cheng Jiu remembered that this senior sister seemed to call out, "Senior Sister He, what happened?"
Senior Sister He was in a rather disheveled state. Although she was an alchemist, her robes were stained with blood, and her face was messy and streaked with tears.
"Fengcheng! Fengcheng... cannot be defended. The formation on the east side has been broken by the beast tide. Junior Brother Mao was stationed in the east city at the time. In order to cover the evacuation of the people of the east city, he used a secret technique. Fortunately, Senior Brother Zhao arrived in time and saved Junior Brother Mao's life."
My senior brother told me to take Junior Brother Mao back to the sect for reinforcements! He'll stay in Maple City... to fight to the death! Cover the evacuation of the people of Maple City!
"What!" Cheng Jiu was shocked, as if a bolt of lightning had struck her mind. Although she had been working hard to refine pills these past few days, she had not been unaware of the outside world. She knew that the second wave of beast tide was quite serious, but she did not expect it to be so cruel.
An Qi's eyes flashed with worry. He calmed himself down and carefully examined Mao Hongsheng.
His secret technique was truly domineering, and now it has backfired on him. Moreover, he still has many old injuries in his body, which seem to have been suffered when he was young and have not yet healed. Now, with new injuries, old injuries, and the backlash from his technique, he is already extremely grateful to be alive.
"We need to find the master for this!" Anqi said, and then invited the old medicine master from the inner room.
The old apothecary carefully examined his pulse: "It's this young disciple! Little Cheng Jiu, take him to the Qingxu Palace Ice Cave on your peak. His condition is due to a conflict of spiritual energy within his body, which caused him to fall into a coma."
Because of the conflicting spiritual energies, he's currently clinging to life. Rushing to disrupt the balance could only lead to his death. It's best to wait a few years until his body calms down before proceeding with treatment.
"Alright." Cheng Jiu didn't dare to delay, so she summoned the little cloud beast and led her troubled little companion back to the peak.
"Junior Sister Cheng Jiu!" An Qi called out.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Jiu turned around.
“I know that Venerable Qingxu is in seclusion. He has an ice dragon in the Tribulation Transcending stage under his command. Could you ask Junior Sister Cheng Jiu to invite Senior Ice Dragon to go to Red Leaf City to support Junior Brother Yan and Junior Brother Wen?”
"Master is stationed at Medicine Peak and cannot leave without permission. His spirit beasts are not good at fighting either. After thinking it over, I can only ask Junior Sister Cheng Jiu for help!" An Qi was very worried about his two junior brothers.
"I'll go call Uncle Xuanze!" Cheng Jiu also thought of Wen Sishu, who was guarding the city in another place, and couldn't help but feel anxious.
The little cloud beast was very fast and arrived at Canglan Peak in no time.
She first put Mao Hongsheng into the ice cave, and then went to Qingxu Palace to find Xuanze without stopping.
After hearing her request, Xuanze raised his dragon eyes, lifted his massive head, and stared intently at her.
"Little Jiu'er, I am just your master's contracted beast!"
"I know, Uncle-Master Xuanze, please, have mercy and save Wen Sishu and Senior Brother Zhao!" Cheng Jiu said urgently, his voice filled with pleading.
"Sure, but my help won't be free."
Cheng Jiu nodded as a matter of course and said generously, "Uncle-Master Xuanze, just say what you want. As long as you're willing to help, whatever you want is fine with me."
Xuanze shifted his body: "A city, a ninth-grade pill, and ten thousand catties of spirit beast food. You're not allowed to use the ninth-grade pill your master made to fool me!"
"No problem! I'll go to Yaofeng to buy them for you. I've accumulated quite a few points this time, which is more than enough to exchange for two grade nine pills!"
"Then I'll specify, preferably a ninth-grade spirit beast pill." Upon hearing this, Xuanze's tone was filled with excitement, and drool was practically dripping from the corner of his mouth.
"I'll ask Elder Yao to refine it for you, is that alright?" Cheng Jiu immediately agreed.
"A promise is a promise!"
"What's done is done!"
"You're not allowed to lie to the dragon!"
Xuanze was overjoyed upon receiving the news; this was a perfect opportunity to earn extra money.
No matter what, Cheng Jiu is the only disciple of Venerable Qingxu, and Venerable Qingxu dotes on her. If Cheng Jiu insists and he really doesn't help, it will inevitably leave a knot in Cheng Jiu's heart.
He will definitely compromise in the end; for Xuanze, it would be unwise to antagonize Cheng Jiu.
So of course, I'll ask for as much benefit as I can. I didn't expect Cheng Jiu to be as generous as Lord Qingxu!
This is also one of the reasons why he is very satisfied with Venerable Qingxu!
Xuanze was very satisfied, and Cheng Jiu was also very satisfied. As for the pills and spirit beast food, if Uncle-Master Xuanze liked them, she would consider them as a tribute from her as a junior.
Watching Xuanze's departing figure, Cheng Jiu silently prayed for Senior Brother Zhao, hoping he would hold on until Xuanze came to his aid.